The Portland daily press., 1887-10-15

PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The oldest practcng attorney in the world
lives in Rutland, vt His name is Reuben
II. Thrull and he is 90 years old
Mrs. John w. Mackay is having cloak
made from the breasts OF birds of paradise
These cost thirty shillings each, and about
800 birds will be necessary.
Miss Edith Horner, the young English
lady whom Senator Hawley is going to mar
ry, did admirable work as nurse in the
wars in Egypt and South Africa.
Bismarck possesses some of the largest
and finest forests in northern Germany, and.
with the exception of Prince Furstenburg,
who is lord of Schwarzwald, he is probably
the largest timber merchant in the empire.
George b. Maledon, of Fort Smith, Ar
kansas, has probably hanged more men
tifty-two-than any other person in the
world. He is Bavaran by birth, and his
work has been done for tine United States
government.
Prince Charles of Sweden, the third son Of
the King, is one Of the handsomest men in
Europe. He is a manly fellow as well as
daring horseman, highly accomplished, and
an author whose style is vigorous and pol
ished.
Christopher Helwig, who died at Dunkirk,
N. T., recently. aged "a. was born at Meek
ACCOMPLISHMENTS was drafted into the ar
my 10y Napoleon, and took part in the ia
nous march on Moscow. lie was In the bat
tie or Leipzig, and bore the scars of several
wounds received there.
The number of periodicals issued in Rus
STA amounts to little over GOO. As the pop
ulation of the Cars empire is 105,000OO0, it
is evident then that it takes 10000 Russian
subjects to support one periodical. There
are only IS daily papers in entire Russia.
DR.. Guillotin did not invent the neat de-
CAPTIVATING machine which bears his name-
An old print has just been given the town
museum of Halifax, Eng, which shows that
the guillotine was used there 200 years ago.
A criminal was guill0tined at Naples in Per
STA long before that date.
The Chinese have an idea that the hum
ming of telegraph v Tres viii interfere with
the rest Of their ancestors in the numerous
cemeteries they therefore stoutly resist the
erection of telegraph lines. The line from
Pekin to Europe Will run across the Cobb
desert to avoid the cemeteries.
The famous Pitcairn colony now numbers
107 people, of whom ffty-seven are women.
They are happy, contented and religious.
using neither tobacco nor liquor. There is
no sickness among them, and no death has
occurred in two years. Mccoy and Young
the leaders of the colony, are now very old.
but can still sing Moody and Sankey HYMNS
with great vigor. The cOlonists are the de-
scendants Of the mutineers of the British
ship Bounty, which, in 1885, was sent to Ia
hita for bread-fruit trees.
A bachelor in Frankfort, Germany, adyer-
tised for "a helpmate Of agreeable exterior
and good education; money a secondary con-
dition." He received 3643 offers. Of these,
2217 came from Germany and 2S7 from Frank
fort: -ilrinfee rre were 1927 who said nothing
about their f2rtune, and 1916 gave their
wealth at various figures from $3.50 to $500
Photographs accompanied 3112 of the offers
and it cost the advertiser nearly $3.50 for
return postage on them. ne picked out
poor Hanoverlan maiden and married her.
In personal appearance" wrifss-2 New
York correspondent Of the Cincinnatf~En-
quirer, 'ex-president R. b. Hayes retains in
a remarkable degree the full vigor of mature
manhood. He is here at the present time to
attend meeting Of the Peabody fund trus-
tees, and is accompanied by his daughter.
Miss Fannie, young lady of perhans eight- |
cen, in whom 1t Is not difficult already To |
discern the Womanly characteristi,.s for |
which her mother was distinguishes IN fhe |
White house and In private life. President |
Hayes has permitted his grayish sandy beard |
70 grow 70 considerable length, but the ruddy |
hue OF healtn IN his light-complexioned |
cheeks prevents any appearances Of the ven |
cradle on this account His stem i aIastic
his eyes bright and his manner full of ouiet |
courtly graces among his friends. Ii Il en-. |
tirely against his rule to submit to public in |
teryiews."